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Radical Histories - Part II
People & organisations researching / making / dreaming about radical histories - in their most expansive & pluralistic sense. Stretching our ideas about what history is, who it is made by & what it is for. Created by @historywo.bsky.social. Let us know if you'd like to be added.
Radical Histories - Part I
People & organisations researching / making / dreaming about radical histories - in their most expansive & pluralistic sense. Stretching our idea of what history is, who it is made by & what it is for. Created by @historywo.bsky.social. Let us know if you'd like to be added.
@sameen-mohsin.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, University of Birmingham. Research bureaucratic politics, political elites, and governance in Pakistan. Views my own. Formerly LUMS, SOAS, LSE. https://www.sameenmohsinali.com/ Enthusiastic about 🏊🏽♀️🧶📚art, pop culture, travel
@graceeasterly.bsky.social
PhDing @uconnhistory | writing a diss on freedom of navigation, US foreign relations, and sovereignty at sea | also GEU-UAW Local 6950 pres | she/her
@thelondonarchives.bsky.social
The London Archives is a free public archive focusing on the history of London from 1067. Visit today and explore 1000 years of history. About us - https://www.thelondonarchives.org/ Events - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-london-archives-2913691059
@yasmartin.bsky.social
PhD candidate, African history, @ Yale | decolonization, exile, and transnational anti-apartheid movements | AADS Dissertation fellow @ Boston College | she, her
@gftu.org.uk
Founded 1899. A federation of trade unions. Delivering trade union education through @gftuet.org.uk. Building solidarity. The home of @strikemap.org #GFTU. All our links: beacons.ai/gftu
@brisblackhums.bsky.social
We are an international hub for Black Humanities research in the heart of Bristol. https://bristolblackhumanities.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/ For more on our MA Black Humanities: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught/ma-black-hum
@raceresistance.bsky.social
Based at TORCH, University of Oxford We bring together researchers & activists in the history, literature, and culture of anti-racist movements across the globe.
@oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social
Politics of complexion in Black Britain, 1920-85 (PhD) | Doctoral Fellow at the IHR and Teaching Associate at QMUL | Historian of the Lascelles Caribbean archive at Harewood House | She/her 🇰🇳🇮🇳☬
@hollyscooper.bsky.social
They/them 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ DPhil History student, University of Oxford Researching 20C Black Caribbean community histories ✊🏽
@tionneaparris.bsky.social
Historian |💭Black Women Radicals, Black Power & Continuities of Struggle✍🏾| Always up to something...
@artsandhums.bsky.social
AHA is an association of learned societies working together to promote the Arts & Humanities in higher education. Posts by @emmacayley.bsky.social and @TheaPitman.bsky.social Find us at: http://artsandhumanitiesalliance.org
@sshmedicine.bsky.social
The Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) has pioneered interdisciplinary approaches to the history of health, welfare, medical science and practice https://sshm.org/ #histmed
@drjonwinder.bsky.social
Historian, geographer, heritage practitioner | currently working on everyday experiences of extreme heat (MeltingMetropolis.com) | research interests include climate, nature, cities, play
@clairelanghamer.bsky.social
Director of the Institute of Historical Research. Sometimes writes about history and feeling.
@liberatinghistorys.bsky.social
Liberating Histories: Women's Movement Magazines, Media Activism and Periodical Pedagogies | funded by the AHRC | Northumbria University UK | Women's Library LSE
@ddmgembala.bsky.social
Neurodivergent & disabled archaeologist, educator, writer & parent. she/they
@rosavcampbell.bsky.social
Historian of global feminism & 🏃💗 🕊📚🏊♀️ 🌹 🚵 🍜 Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at King's College Writing a book about Shere Hite & The Hite Report for Melville House. Organising with https://londonrentersunion.org/. www.rosa-campbell.com
@ellasbaraini.bsky.social
Junior research fellow at St John's College Cambridge. Historian of suicide, mental health, death & emotions. Comms @ Social History Society & social media @ The Historical Journal.
@slrc-dmu.bsky.social
We’re a hub of exciting and innovative research. Driving conversations to influence how we think about race and social justice. Inspiring positive change.
@teachlearnwar.bsky.social
Prof. of Modern History & Memory Studies & Director of Research/Impact (HaSS Cornwall), Uni of Exeter. PI/Co-I on various AHRC, BA, GCRF & Leverhulme projects.
@carscott.bsky.social
Art historian, Courtauld Emeritus Professor. Victorian art. Botany, physiology, physics, communications technology and Victorian aesthetics. Whistler, Poynter, Moore, Burne-Jones and William Morris.
@davidhiggins.bsky.social
Professor of Environmental Humanities at the University of Leeds, UK. Working on culture and environmental crisis. Writing a book about birds, loss, and restoration. Worried parent. Opinions my own. Reposts ≠ endorsement.
@ucucommons.bsky.social
UCU Commons is a broad activist community working within and alongside the University and College Union (UCU). We are also on http://UCUCommons.org #UCUCommons Substack: https://ucucommons.substack.com/
@jackhanlon.bsky.social
PhD student QMUL and London Museum Currently researching Smithfield Market Editor at the London Journal Cook at Pritchard and Ure Photographer https://www.jackhanlonphotography.com/
@drangelamuir.bsky.social
Associate professor, historian, sometimes musician. Interested in gender and deviance in 18th century Wales & England. I co-host Wines & Crimes events in Cardiff. Currently writing a non-academic true crime history book (out in 2026) www.angelamuir.co.uk
@ka-od.bsky.social
Professor, History of Ideas, UCD School of Philosophy, University College Dublin Justice for Magdalenes Research Slant (New Island Books) 🏳️⚧️ ☂️
@tanyaharmer.bsky.social
Historian of Modern Latin America | Producer #NoSmallVictories Podcast | Mum https://www.lse.ac.uk/International-History/People/academicStaff/harmer/harmer nosmallvictories.buzzsprout.com
@maikadekeyzer.bsky.social
Professor environmental and socioeconomic history at KU Leuven
@annikabaerwald.bsky.social
Historian & teacher | researching slavery and the lives of people of color in 18th- and 19th-century Hamburg | PhD'ing at Universität Bremen | she
@djrgrey.bsky.social
Sociology & History at University of Hertfordshire | FRHistS | SFHEA | Works on gender & crime in Britain & India. He/Him.
@erinacean.bsky.social
Archivist, historian, reader, Londoner, feminist @erinacean @erinacean@h-net.social www.lesleyahall.net https://lesleyahall.blogspot.com/
@riacheyne.bsky.social
Liverpool-based academic. Disability, medical humanities, genre fiction, neurodiversity, accessibility and inclusion in HE. #DisabilityStudies #MedHums Disability, Literature, Genre book (Liverpool UP, 2019) #OpenAccess at https://shorturl.at/5ykqk
@somakbiswas.bsky.social
eternal cat-lover. historian of race, sexuality, migration Modern Britain and Empire | South Asia Author: Passages Through India (Gladstone Book Prize 2024) Queer. Dalit. https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-somak-biswas
@ukdishisthub.bsky.social
UKDHHH is a network to allow those interested in Disabled, Neurodiverse, & D/deaf histories, from the ancient world to the modern era, to connect & collaborate. We are open to researchers, archivists, museum professionals, activists & everyone in-between.
@drkatw.bsky.social
Third sector research by day, the German far-right by night. I like books, plants, knitting, and pretending that I'm going to start running again soon. My book, Women and the Alternative für Deutschland, is due in 2026. 🖥️: https://linktr.ee/drkatwilliams
@natashawalter.bsky.social
Writer, feminist, climate campaigner Books: Living Dolls, Before the Light Fades, A Quiet Life, The New Feminism Hon Professor Centre for Climate Justice, QMUL Founder Women for Refugee Women Currently working on book on feminism & climate for Virago
@searchlightarchive.bsky.social
An archive of antifascist, radical and extreme histories based at the University of Northampton, UK. Opened in 2013, the archive holds several collections including its main collection - the archival holdings of antifascist magazine Searchlight.
@janeydonald.bsky.social
Archivist at Co-op Archive based in Manchester. Volunteer for Manchester Digital Music Archive. Bike Pootler. Likes moles.
@zarasaunders.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Australian Media, Gender & Cultural History | Researching print media representations of sexual assault | Reader 📖
@howl2025.bsky.social
HOWL aims to create a welcoming online home for all oral, written and photographic memories of the Women's Liberation Movement 1969-1990s. We invite all older feminists to contribute! Visit our website to find out more >> https://howl-uk.org/about <<
@lshtmhistory.bsky.social
CHiPH is part of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social and at the forefront of historical research into public health and health services https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres/centre-history-public-health
@fromtheperiphery.com
Producers of @thefirethesetimes.com, @mutualaidpod.bsky.social, From The Periphery Podcast, Politically Depressed, Obscuristan, and more to come. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/fromtheperipher
@naomiaklein.bsky.social
New here. Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire. UBC Professor of Climate Justice. 🔗 naomiklein.org 📬 news.naomiklein.org/newsletter
@emmadavies.bsky.social
DPhil Area Studies with a focus on Nigerian history. Archives, women’s protest movements, digital humanities, genAI, alternative histories, nostalgia, and futures. she/her
@fmarshallpayne.bsky.social
Orwell Prize-winning writer and DPhil researching women's homelessness at Oxford. I am especially interested in oral history and life-writing. I've written for the TLS, Guardian, Prospect etc | she/her
@auswhn.bsky.social
~ https://www.auswhn.com.au/ ~ the Australian Women’s History Network (AWHN) promotes research, writing + advocacy in feminist, gender + women's history + publishes the peer-reviewed Lilith: A Feminist History Journal + #VIDAblog ~